We drove up to Indianapolis Friday and hit the outlet mall for gifts to take with us to Russia. All I can say is, “SCORE!” I was having a hard time finding anything around here that was nice, but did not cost an arm and a leg. The cosmetic store had great little gift packs under $20, the perfume store had great perfume under $20 and the Tote store had purses and gloves for $9.99. Nothing like getting a great deal!

On Saturday we attended the KidsFirst Reunion picnic in Noblesville. We have attended the past 4 or 5 years and I think this was the year for the least to attend. Normally the playground is a mass of children and this year it was quite spars. I don’t know if the cost of fuel was keeping everyone away or the threat of possible rain. It was a great day and the rain held off for us.

It was wonderful to be able to get together with the families and share our adoption experiences.
Here are a few pictures of Kristofer and his “Ekat Cousins” who were adopted by the” H’s” and the “A’s” who traveled to Ekaterinburg the same time as us in 2004. We survived our adoptions together!

Our 3 families minus Mr. "H". Inna is in the middle and she is the one who makes our adoptions possible.

Here are our little ones in 2004.

Here they are now with "A's" big sister too.